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The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry.
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Maintaining close interaction with the Government of India in formulating National IT policies with specific focus on IT software and services Maintaining a state of the art information database of IT software and services related activities for use of both the software developers as well as interested companies overseas. Encourage members to provide world-class quality products, services and solutions in India and overseas and help build brand equity for the Indian IT software and services industry. Taking effective steps to campaign against software piracy. Provide an ideal forum for overseas and domestic companies to explore the vast potential available for Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Marketing Alliances, Joint Product Development, etc., by organising Business Meets with delegations of various countries. Work actively with Overseas Governments, Embassies to make the Visa and Work Permit Rules more "India Industry Friendly". Disseminate various policies, market information and other relevant statistics by sending more than 200 circulars (annually) to all members. Involve membership participation in various forums of Nasscom on subjects such as HRD, Technology, Exports, Domestic Market, E-Governance, IT Enabled Services, IPR, Finance, Government Policies, Quality, etc.
NASSCOM is the global trade body with over 1200 members, of which over 250 are global companies from the US, UK, EU, Japan and China. NASSCOM's member companies are in the business of software development, software services, software products, IT-enabled/BPO services and e-commerce. NASSCOM has been the strongest proponent of global free trade in India.
NASSCOM was set up in 1988 to facilitate business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology. It is a not-for-profit organization, registered under the Indian Societies Act, 1860.
Currently, NASSCOM is headquartered in New Delhi, India with regional offices in the cities of Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata.
NASSCOM has been the strongest proponent of global free trade, and is committed to work proactively to encourage its members to adopt world class management practices, build and uphold highest standards in quality, security and innovation and remain competitive in today’s rapidly changing technology landscape.
NASSCOM's Vision is to maintain India's leadership position in the global offshore IT-BPO industry, to grow the market by enabling industry to tap into emerging opportunity areas and to strengthen the domestic market in India.
By 2010 India's IT-BPO industry could potentially generate US$60 billion in export revenues, account for 8 percent of the GDP, pay for a massive infrastructure build-out, and sustain around 10 million jobs.
To achieve this, NASSCOM is constantly raising the bar across processes and quality standards – within its member companies and making them partners of choice for customers across the globe. It also enables the Indian IT-BPO industry to evolve in accordance with the rapidly changing technology landscape by adopting, implementing and often creating world class practices.
* Domestic Market Initiative: It provides the platform to link the non IT sector with the IT industry and to develop a vision for sustainable growth of the domestic IT market. * Innovation Initiative: It seeks to address the specific needs of the large, medium and small companies and create a conducive ecosystem in the country. * Education Initiative: Under this initiative, NASSCOM aims to enhance graduate employability through appropriate skill enrichment and act as bridge between industry, academia and government. * Women in Leadership-IT Initiative: NASSCOM has launched the Women in Leadership-IT Initiative to enhance participation of women into the workforce and create more women leaders in the IT-BPO industry. * Security Initiative: Aim towards creating an enabling environment in the country for information security and compliance through awareness and conducive legal framework.
* BPO Forum: Aims to build a sustainable ITES-BPO advantage in India through research, events and manpower development initiatives.
* Emerging Companies Forum: Aims to build and enhance the potential of the small and medium
companies in IT–BPO sector through regional, national & international activities.
* Product Forum: Aims to promote India as a significant player in the product arena and build
India as an IP destination.
* Engineering Services Forum: Aims to build the India value proposition in engineering services and develop a coordinated strategy for building a ‘Engineered in India’ brand. * Quality Forum: Aims to help India and India based companies achieve next generation
leadership in quality through best practices sharing and benchmarking.
* RIM Forum: Aim to make India the leader in ‘Remote Infrastructure Management’ and bring
different stakeholders at a common platform for building demand and supply side industries.
* In addition, at a regional level, regular best practices and information sharing sessions are held under the CEO Forum, CFO Forum & HR Forum.
Among its services, NASSCOM provides industry reports. NASSCOM also conducts various training programs and workshops for the industry professionals to upgrade theirs skills and knowledge. They have regular training programs spanning across different areas.
One such program which the NASSCOM conducts on a yearly basis is the NASSCOM Animation and Gaming India for the gaming industry professionals.
"India has become the world's back office as Western firms set up call centres, number-crunching and software development outlets," according to Forbes.1
NASSCOM’s members are primarily companies run by Indian nationals in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. The consortium was set up to facilitate Indian business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology by Indians. It is a non-profit organization, funded entirely by its members. NASSCOM has played a role in ensuring quality of service, and the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Indian Software and BPO industry.
As on June 2007, more than 1,100 information technology companies in India were members of NASSCOM. Membership includes domestic software / ITES companies as well as multinationals operating in India. The wide range of member companies gives NASSCOM the ability to represent the interests of the Indian software industry with authority.
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan on board as Chairman of NASSCOM for 2008-09. He has been associated with NASSCOM for a number of years and has helped in setting up a several initiatives focussed on innovation, as well as for the small and medium enterprises. Vice Chairman,Mr. Pramod Bhasin
NASSCOM 2008-09
Mr.Som Mittal President
Mr. Raju Bhatnagar Vice President
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan Chairman
Mr. Pramod Bhasin Vice Chairman
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